My Summer at CERL

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My Summer at CERL

• By Tiffany Williams

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A little about myself

• My hobbies interests include playing the piano
  and violin.
• My favorite colors are purple and orange.

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Where I worked this summer CERL

• CERL is the Construction Engineering Research
  Laboratory located on the North side of Champaign.

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Scan Tech Lab

• The branch of CERL I work for is in the Scan Tech
  Lab. I worked with Lance Marrano on a project
  called Builder EMS.

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• An Introduction
• to BUILDER EMS

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A Few of the Problems...
Aging and neglected facilities put mission,
quality of life, and facility investment at risk
Ad hoc and reactionary management
Inspection is expensive and of questionable
value, per se
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The Solution
A suite of integrated decision support tools to
help facilities managers determine

• What condition their facilities are in
• What MR is needed and when (life-cycle)
• Project priorities
• Consequences of not doing the recommended work

EMS
Pro-Active Mgt
Reactionary Mgt
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The Goal

• Better management of the maintenance, repair and
  revitalization of our infrastructure
• Mission ready infrastructure
• Best use of resources
• Avoid future shocks
• Realistic, defensible budget projections
• Avoidance of long-term penalties
• Awareness of the consequences of todays decisions

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My job

• To create an inventory list, using a Microsoft
  Excel spread sheet, for a 168 different
  buildings. The inventory list will consist of
  all the structural elements of the buildings,
  including the quantity and area of each element.

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System Inventory Report
Example of one of the many inventory related
reports.
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Recording or Viewing through BUILDER(Distress
Survey w/Sampling)
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The result Builder desktop
You may view the list, map, tree or combinations.
Map is optional.
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Organizational Individual Benefits of Using
BUILDER

• MR cost savings, enhanced quality of life and
  mission sustainment.
• Communicate needs.
• Justify budget requests.
• Proactive asset management.
• Better building conditions for expended dollars.

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The End

• Thank you to
• GOD,
• Lance Marrano,
• CERL Employees,
• the little people.